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determining success in education. because i'll pick up the paper tomorrow and say charter schools aren't as good as they thought they were." >> right. >> rose: pick up the paper the next day and they'll say vouchers are terrific. >> right. >> rose: then the next day you'll have somebody come back who has a different political view and say no, no, no. >> and that's why the american people are so confused right now. because they hear me say one thing, they hear somebody else say another thing. >> rose: they don't know how to measure. >> that's right. and then they say who's right? i can't figure it out. >> rose: what works and doesn't work. >> so here's what i would say. about d.c., we were only there for three and a half years so did we accomplish everything that we wanted to? absolutely not. did we make significant progress that outsize it had progress of the district has been making before? yes. that's unequivocal. and if you look at the achievement rates of the children, we moved from a situation where about a quart
determining success in education. because i'll pick up the paper tomorrow and say charter schools aren't as good as they thought they were." >> right. >> rose: pick up the paper the next day and they'll say vouchers are terrific. >> right. >> rose: then the next day you'll have somebody come back who has a different political view and say no, no, no. >> and that's why the american people are so confused right now. because they hear me say one thing, they hear...
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we have huge problems i just mentioned our education. we've got deficit about other countries have bigger ones. when you look what a magnet this country remains for immigrants. if you look did he spite the slow down our highest levels of education is still the best. if you look at all kinds of strength this country has rule of law infrastructure. i think our problems are imminently fixable. it's easy in a moment like this just to focus on the negatives but there are positive in the u.s. economy. we started to make some progress both on growth and on the deficit. health costs are starting to come down. we're no where near there. no where near there. but i think you can imagine with how we make some good decisions over the next few years and beyond. things really could improve over the next decade or two but it's not guaranteed and that's the important thing. >> rose: going off on a tangent for a second. we all are affected by what happens in europe. what's happening in europe. >> we're seeing a austerity be date too much of a focus on nea
we have huge problems i just mentioned our education. we've got deficit about other countries have bigger ones. when you look what a magnet this country remains for immigrants. if you look did he spite the slow down our highest levels of education is still the best. if you look at all kinds of strength this country has rule of law infrastructure. i think our problems are imminently fixable. it's easy in a moment like this just to focus on the negatives but there are positive in the u.s....
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but children will go on to get a lot of education. they will be contributing members of society >> great programs. oklahoma is the model program. it's done by republicans. so it should be a bipartisan source of agreement. but still these things do cost a lot of money. when they've tried to expand early childhood in places like california with rob reiner's proposition it's hit political head wind and was defeated. these are not easy lists. they're reasonably expensive. to me worth doing but they're heavy. >> woodruff: what about raising the minimum wage? we just double checked it. it's $7.25 i believe right now. to raise it to $9 an hour? >> well, you know, i think it's a pretty straightforward argument. if you work 40 hours a week, 52 hours or 52 weeks a year, you should rise above poverty. i mean... >> woodruff: that was his argument >> that's the argument. i think it's a straightforward one. $9 an hour. 10 states already linked their minimum wage to inflation. >> the counterargument of course is that actually relatively few people a
but children will go on to get a lot of education. they will be contributing members of society >> great programs. oklahoma is the model program. it's done by republicans. so it should be a bipartisan source of agreement. but still these things do cost a lot of money. when they've tried to expand early childhood in places like california with rob reiner's proposition it's hit political head wind and was defeated. these are not easy lists. they're reasonably expensive. to me worth doing...
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board of education. >> absolutely. and there may be a case. >> rose: that's a historic decision! and there may be a case in which i look at what our precedents have been and enough time and evidence is demonstrated like in "brown" that we made a horrifically wrong decision and the courage of any justice, the ones -- the nine men who overturn "plessy v. ferguson," they understood the moment had come and i hope i have the strength to do that, too. but that doesn't mean that that's what you try to do in every case that comes before the court. >> rose: this reminds me of the great senator patrick moynihan where someone famously said had written more books than most senators have read. >> (laughs) i have to say having spent a lot of time talking to him that was an apt saying. not to suggest that senators aren't educated. >> what has come up-- and this has to do with the life you have lived-- this great question of what shape shapes a judge's decision. clearly the law shapes a judge's decision. but there is ot
board of education. >> absolutely. and there may be a case. >> rose: that's a historic decision! and there may be a case in which i look at what our precedents have been and enough time and evidence is demonstrated like in "brown" that we made a horrifically wrong decision and the courage of any justice, the ones -- the nine men who overturn "plessy v. ferguson," they understood the moment had come and i hope i have the strength to do that, too. but that doesn't...
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and also my father had been educated at oxford on a scholarship. so it, while it seemed unattainable for oxford or cambridge seemed unattainable for most of my contemporaries when i was at high school, it seems within reach at least for me. so i gave it a shot. and wound up there in the early 1970s. but i enjoyed the extra mural life there and got involved with the university magazine. >> rose: yes. >> and enjoyed that a lot. and -- >> liked to write? >> and also it was people were very kind, politicians in particular were very kind and they, it was easy to get an interview with fairly illustrious people. so with the university magazine we used to chuck around. we would see all these well-known people and then write about them it was sort of my first entree into that world and i loved it. >> loved journalism. >> yes, absolutely. because every, this little magazine appeared fort nightly and every fort night we had 32 pages which we didn't know what to do with except we had four pages of advertising from a chain called mother care. whose owner very k
and also my father had been educated at oxford on a scholarship. so it, while it seemed unattainable for oxford or cambridge seemed unattainable for most of my contemporaries when i was at high school, it seems within reach at least for me. so i gave it a shot. and wound up there in the early 1970s. but i enjoyed the extra mural life there and got involved with the university magazine. >> rose: yes. >> and enjoyed that a lot. and -- >> liked to write? >> and also it was...
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>> you have done pretty well for a guy without a higher education. >> yeah. >> dave: do you ever think maybe you would like to resurrect that path in your life? >> which one was that. >> dave: going to college. >> oh no, no, those. no, no, no. >> dave: you can go on-line. they have these universities where you don't even need to leave your home. >> believe me, i am home all day and those commercials are, you know, maybe i should go to the devry, they say it's not too late. because i get brain washed. they go are you home right now. i go yeah, laying around with weed on the table and i-- want to change all that. >> no. no. i don't do that, no, i don't. there's no weed,s that what is a joke. >> dave: now listen, this rules of engagement, holy cow, this is your 7th season. >> i know. >> dave: that's remarkable. >> yeah. >> dave: well, good for you. earlier tonight. >> i'm promoting tonight's show that was on three hours ago. >> dave: we've already seen it and enjoyed it. you can see it next monday at 8:30 right here on cb is. here he is, david spade, ladies and gentlemen. >> all right. >>
>> you have done pretty well for a guy without a higher education. >> yeah. >> dave: do you ever think maybe you would like to resurrect that path in your life? >> which one was that. >> dave: going to college. >> oh no, no, those. no, no, no. >> dave: you can go on-line. they have these universities where you don't even need to leave your home. >> believe me, i am home all day and those commercials are, you know, maybe i should go to the devry,...
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brown versus board of education, that many those affirmive-- we brief in brown, we have a different-- broad pro test of free speech, conservatives say that means citizens united but we believe in that too. one person one vote, conservatives say yes, that means bush versus gore because the recount was unequal. we believe in that. religious equality. yes, but don't discriminate against religion. say the conservatives. so what is the other one, applying the bill of rights against the states. >> rose: yeah. >> and conservatives say that means the second amendment and not just the first and the fourth and the fifth. and so although hugely controversial at the time, the warren court actually laid the foundation for the house that you and i and all our audience lives in, is the house that earl warren dreamed up. because here is what the world is in 1953. apartheid, massive mall apportionment in many of the states, organized prayer in the public schools, no broad protection of free speech, practically no right force criminal defendants. and the bill of rights doesn't apply against the states.
brown versus board of education, that many those affirmive-- we brief in brown, we have a different-- broad pro test of free speech, conservatives say that means citizens united but we believe in that too. one person one vote, conservatives say yes, that means bush versus gore because the recount was unequal. we believe in that. religious equality. yes, but don't discriminate against religion. say the conservatives. so what is the other one, applying the bill of rights against the states....
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things like education, for example, that was his bailiwick. he knew it cold. my side of it was more national security. i offered at midterm halfway through to step down if he wanted to get somebody else. i always believed the president ought to have that ability. i went to him three times and said mr. president, you immediate to know if you want to make a change here if you think you can get somebody who can do good work for you or if i'm carrying too much baggage i won't stand in your way. the first time he didn't take me seriously. the third time he went away, thought about it for a couple days and said "no, dick, you're my guy." so i think the second term changed and evolved in terms of what we were dealing with and what we had to deal with. >> rose: and he was going in directions that -- >> i disagreed with some of the policies. >> rose: like? >> i thought we mishandled north korea, the syria nuclear reactor situation. i thought we should have been much tougher on the syrians at the time they were acquiring nuclear reactor capability from the north koreans
things like education, for example, that was his bailiwick. he knew it cold. my side of it was more national security. i offered at midterm halfway through to step down if he wanted to get somebody else. i always believed the president ought to have that ability. i went to him three times and said mr. president, you immediate to know if you want to make a change here if you think you can get somebody who can do good work for you or if i'm carrying too much baggage i won't stand in your way. the...
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travelers has also been a leader in corporate america to help educate the public at america's debt crisis. the company recently partnered with public television on a documentary underscoring the urgent challenge ahead it is called overdraft and here is the trailer. >> some people understandably say this is sort of dry subject, dollars, cents, debt. what's it mean to me. if i read the mathematics right it means everything. >> i really genuinely believe this threatens the fundamental economic security of the united states. >> a lot of the democrats are mad because they say well, this is mostly caused by the republicans. without cut taxes and increased spending. the problem for the democrats is that if you look at the next ten years, most of it will be caused by things we care about. >> all of us are invested in this democracy. we are to the going to have parts of our community succeed and parts fail. if government fails, we all fail. >> we don't trust government. but we need government. and government is us, when you come right down to it. those folks in washington weren't landed there from
travelers has also been a leader in corporate america to help educate the public at america's debt crisis. the company recently partnered with public television on a documentary underscoring the urgent challenge ahead it is called overdraft and here is the trailer. >> some people understandably say this is sort of dry subject, dollars, cents, debt. what's it mean to me. if i read the mathematics right it means everything. >> i really genuinely believe this threatens the fundamental...